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Discover Our Rift and Quartered White Oak Hardwood Flooring

Refined, stable, and visually distinctive—our Rift and Quartered White Oak flooring is a top choice for clients seeking elevated style and unmatched performance. We offer both 3/4″ thick solid and 3/4″ thick engineered Rift and Quartered White Oak floors with a 6mm wear layer. Each floor is custom milled to order, ensuring the clean grain lines and ray flecks that define this specialty cut are fully showcased in every plank.

Rift and Quartered flooring is not a species—it’s a method of sawing the wood that maximizes stability and delivers a consistent, linear grain. This cut is especially prized in contemporary, minimalist, or formal settings where understated elegance and superior movement control are essential.

At Pennington Hardwoods, we combine expertly selected White Oak lumber with precise rift and quartered milling to provide a floor that performs as beautifully as it looks. You’ll receive a product that’s crafted to your specifications and built to last a lifetime.

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Characteristics of Our Rift and Quartered White Oak Hardwood Flooring

Appearance: Rift and Quartered White Oak offers a refined, consistent appearance. Rift-sawn boards feature long, straight grain lines with minimal figuring—perfect for clean, modern aesthetics. Quarter-sawn boards introduce ray flecks—shimmering, ribbon-like patterns unique to White Oak. Together, they create a subtle yet visually rich floor prized for its architectural elegance and timeless appeal.
Hardness: Like all White Oak flooring, Rift and Quartered options have a Janka hardness rating of 1,360 lbs. This makes them highly resistant to wear, impact, and denting—well suited to active households and high-use spaces.
Stability: Rift and Quartered White Oak is among the most dimensionally stable cuts available. Its vertical grain structure minimizes seasonal movement and cupping, making it ideal for challenging installations, wide planks, and environments with fluctuating humidity levels—including installations over radiant heat.
Versatility: While commonly selected for traditional and Craftsman-style homes, this cut is increasingly popular in contemporary and minimalist designs thanks to its clean lines and quiet sophistication. Whether natural or stained, Rift and Quartered White Oak adapts beautifully to a range of interiors.

Popular Applications for Our Rift and Quartered White Oak Hardwood Flooring

Rift and Quartered White Oak is favored by architects, designers, and homeowners who value clean aesthetics, lasting performance, and architectural distinction. It’s commonly selected for:

  • Modern and minimalist interiors
  • Craftsman, Shaker, or Mission-style homes
  • High-end commercial and office environments
  • Museums, galleries, and civic spaces
  • Wine cellars, formal dining rooms, and custom libraries

The straight grain and understated pattern of Rift and Quartered flooring allow it to complement bold design elements without competing for attention. At the same time, its stability and strength make it a practical and lasting choice for demanding spaces.

Let’s talk about how Rift and Quartered White Oak can enhance your next project.

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BROWSE RIFT AND QUARTERED WHITE OAK HARDWOOD FLOORING PROJECTS

Our Featured Options in Rift and Quartered White Oak Hardwood Flooring

We offer a curated range of customizable features that highlight the natural warmth and refined grain of Rift and Quartered White Oak hardwood. From structure to finish, each detail is designed to bring out the best in this timeless species.

Structure

Our solid Rift and Quartered White Oak hardwood flooring and engineered Rift and Quartered White Oak hardwood flooring are both great options. Depending on your climate, site conditions, species, cut, and width selections, either one could be strongly favored over the other. Neither is always the right answer, and we will help you make this decision based on real data, not common misconceptions.

  • 3/4″ Thick Solid Hardwood Flooring
  • 3/4″ Thick Engineered Hardwood Flooring with a 6mm wear layer

Grade

We offer a selection of grades to match your desired aesthetic. See our general grading descriptions below. Not all species are graded the same, however. Please inquire for potential differences and details in the grading of Rift and Quartered White Oak hardwood flooring and other species.

  • Clear – no knots or other forms of character, and minimal color variation
  • Natural – small to medium solid knots, other light character, moderate color variation
  • Character – medium to large knots, other moderate character, and more color variation
  • Rustic – larger knots, knotholes, other heavy character, and unlimited color variation

Width

We regularly offer widths from 3-1/4″ up to 11-1/4″ in Rift and Quartered White Oak hardwood flooring and most of our other domestic species. You may select any single width or a combination of widths. Other widths such as accent strip and extra wide planks up to 15″ are available on a limited basis. The selections below cover over 97% of what widths we are requested to run.

  • 3-1/4″, 4-1/4″, 5-1/4″, 6-1/4″, 7-1/4″
  • 8-1/4″, 9-1/4″, 10-1/4″, 11-1/4″, Combined Widths

Texture

We offer a variety of artistic textures to enhance the beauty of our Rift and Quartered White Oak hardwood flooring, and some are quite popular combined. It’s the perfect way to add old world charm to your home while minimizing the appearance of wear or damage over time. Our textures shown below can also be tailored to your preference of light, medium, or heavy. To view texture examples, visit our page here:

  • Hand Scraped
  • Wire Brushed
  • Band Sawn
  • Circle Sawn
  • Distressed
  • Worn edges

COLOR

We have many ways to achieve your desired color of Rift and Quartered White Oak hardwood flooring, ranging from simple staining to special chemical treatments, or even a complex combination of our color services described below.

  • Simple Staining – single application of a transparent stain
  • Complex Staining – multiple applications or more opaque stains
  • Reactive Staining – combined chemical reaction and pigment in one
  • Cerused Grain – color grain pores, often combined with staining
  • Bleaching – used to create lighter versions of many species
  • Oxidizing – used to create an aged, weathered, or gray look
  • Ebonizing – used to create Oak that is dark brown to black

Finish

We provide industry leading finish options applied with a state-of-the-art finishing line, by Amish craftsmen who put great care and pride into their work. Shown below are our essential finishing options that satisfy that vast majority of Rift and Quartered White Oak hardwood flooring that we finish, but please feel welcome to inquire if you have different finishing needs or preferences.

  • Rubio Oil – top rated UV cured penetrating oil finish with a flat to matte sheen
  • Woca Oil – top rated UV cured penetrating oil finish with a matte to satin sheen
  • Urethane – top rated UV cured and enhanced surface finish in a matte to gloss sheen

Get a Quote for Our Rift and Quartered White Oak Hardwood Flooring

Every Rift and Quartered floor we make is a one-of-a-kind expression of craftsmanship and intent. Whether you’re designing a modern architectural space, restoring a historic home, or creating a clean and timeless interior, we’ll help you tailor every detail—from grade and width to finish and installation method.

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Compare with Our Plain Sawn White Oak Flooring

Trying to decide between Rift and Quartered and Plain Sawn White Oak? Both cuts come from the same species, but offer very different looks and performance characteristics.

Rift and Quartered White Oak provides straight, vertical grain and—depending on the sort—subtle ray fleck patterns that enhance stability and offer a cleaner, more uniform visual. This cut is prized in modern, Craftsman, and high-humidity environments, where minimal movement and refined appearance are top priorities.

Plain Sawn White Oak features more varied grain patterns, including the signature cathedral effect. It provides a warmer, more traditional aesthetic with greater natural variation from board to board. This cut is slightly more prone to movement but also more widely available and often preferred for rustic, transitional, or traditional designs.

Both cuts offer strength, longevity, and versatility. Your choice depends on whether you prefer a bolder, organic look or a cleaner, architectural grain.

Explore our Plain Sawn White Oak Flooring to see which cut is right for your project.

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Ready to Build Something Timeless?

At Pennington Hardwoods, we treat every Rift and Quartered White Oak floor as a lasting expression of craftsmanship. From its clean, vertical grain to its unmatched dimensional stability, this cut is ideal for those who want their flooring to perform with quiet elegance for decades to come. Whether your style is classic or contemporary, we’ll help you create a floor that truly reflects your vision.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What types of structures are available for Rift and Quartered White Oak flooring?

A: You can choose between 3/4″ thick solid hardwood or 3/4″ engineered flooring with a 6mm wear layer. Engineered formats are ideal for glue-down installs and radiant heat. Solid remains the top choice for nail-down applications.

Q: What grades of Rift and Quartered White Oak do you offer?

A: We offer Select and Better for minimal variation, Natural for mild character, and Custom Sorted for a refined yet organic look—each emphasizing clean, vertical grain.

Q: What width options are available?

A: We mill Rift and Quartered planks in widths from 3″ to 10″, with custom wider options available. This grain type is well-suited for wide plank formats due to its excellent stability.

Q: Can I add texture to Rift and Quartered flooring?

A: Absolutely. Choose from wire brushing, light hand scraping, band sawn, circle sawn, or distressed textures to add warmth and depth to your space while preserving structural integrity.

Q: How well does Rift and Quartered White Oak take stain?

A: Exceptionally well. From clear matte to rich darks and cerused finishes, this cut absorbs stain evenly and reveals the detail in its tight grain and ray fleck patterns.

Q: What finish options do you provide?

A: Most of our Rift and Quartered floors are finished in Woca Oil, Rubio Monocoat Oil, or 100% Solid Urethane—each selected for natural feel, tone depth, and long-term durability.

Q: How does it compare to Plain Sawn White Oak?

A: Rift and Quartered offers a cleaner, vertical grain ideal for modern or high-moisture environments. Plain Sawn delivers more visual variety and warmth with its cathedral grain. Compare here.

Q: How can I get a quote or start my project?

A: Every floor we craft is made to order. Click here to request your personalized quote and begin designing a timeless floor that reflects your space and style.